That's the incredible amount they pay one of their lighting technicians.

I don't want to sound like a bright spark but here's watts involved.

In the man's defence, as we all know, not all light-bulbs are the same. There are the screw-in type which can sometimes be a little fiddly, and of course the bayonet type which can be very, very tricky at times.

Indeed, only last month Birmingham Council revealed that men were earning £1,000 a for painting white lines in the road. Again very dangerous especially if you are working on the M6 where, if you're in the fast lane, you will earn more because you paint quic

I'm sure one or two of you are thinking you hear these pay rates "I'm in the wrong job!"

Certainly that street lighting engineer isn't... In he's in his element!